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Lee Wheat

Leroy William Wheat

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 15, 1929 in Edwardsville, IL
School: Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1954 (Age 24)
Team: Athletics 1954-1955

Final Game: April 23, 1955 (Age 25)
Died: July 29, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Cremated
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1949	19	CLE-min	A	17	9	.654	2.77	37						205.0	223	82	63		24								1.205	9.8		1.1			DAY · CENL
1950	20	CLE-min	AA	12	12	.500	3.68	36	29					208.0	208	102	85		71								1.341	9.0		3.1			OKC · TL
1951	21	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	8.10	5	4		0	0		20.0	29	18	18		13		12	0	1	1			2.100	13.0		5.8	5.4	0.92	SDG · PCL
1953	23	CIN-min	AA	0	1	.000		12				0																					TUL · TL
1954	24	OAK-min	AAA	8	11	.421	3.55	22	20		8	0		152.0	156	73	60	14	42		40	7	2	1			1.303	9.2	0.8	2.5	2.4	0.95	OTT · IL
1954	24	PHA	AL	0	2	.000	5.72	8	1	5	0	0	0	28.1	38	18	18	1	9		7	1	1	0	137	69	1.659	12.1	0.3	2.9	2.2	0.78
1955	25	OAK-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.33	40	13		3	0		133.0	155	77	64	13	46		32	4	0	1			1.511	10.5	0.9	3.1	2.2	0.70	CLB · IL
1955	25	KCA	AL	0	0		22.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	7	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	18	22	5.500	36.0	4.5	13.5	4.5	0.33
1956	26	LAD-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.51	38	0		0	0		67.0	73	42	41	8	13	2	29	3	0	1			1.284	9.8	1.1	1.7	3.9	2.23	STP · AA
1957	27	LAD-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.88	26	1		0	0		49.0	58	34	32	7	16	3	19	1	0	0			1.510	10.7	1.3	2.9	3.5	1.19	STP · AA
1959	29	NOR	AA	1	2	.333		8																									NOR · SOUA
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	6.82	11	1	5	0	0	0	30.1	46	25	23	2	12	2	8	1	1	0	155	59	1.912	13.6	0.6	3.6	2.4	0.67
162 Game Avg.				0	11	.000	6.82	62	6	28	0	0	0	172	261	142	130	11	68		45	6	6	0	878	59	1.912	13.6	0.6	3.6	2.4	0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
1954	24	PHA	AL	28.1	8	1	18	5.72	4.60	-0.41	100.9	5.06	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.0	0.0	0	.473	.499
1955	25	KCA	AL	2.0	3	0	7	31.50	5.76	-0.48	106.7	6.65	-6	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.336	.497
2 Seasons				30.1	11	1	25	7.42	4.68	-0.41	101.3	5.16	-8	-0.7	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.436	.498

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1949	19	CLE-min	A	37	82	82		18	3	0	0						.220	.220	.256	.476		21							DAY · CENL
1950	20	CLE-min	AA	36	74	74		6	2	0	0						.081	.081	.108	.189		8							OKC · TL
1951	21	CLE-min	AAA	5	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.125	.125	.250	.375		2		0	0				SDG · PCL
1953	23	CIN-min	AA	12	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.250	.583		2		0	0				TUL · TL
1954	24	OAK-min	AAA	22	59	52	3	6	2	0	0	1	0		5	21	.115	.193	.154	.347		8		0	2	0			OTT · IL
1954	24	PHA	AL	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	1	0	0	0		/1
1955	25	OAK-min	AAA	40	40	36	5	7	2	0	0	6	0		4	19	.194	.275	.250	.525		9		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1955	25	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	26	LAD-min	AAA	38	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	2	0	0	0			STP · AA
1957	27	LAD-min	AAA	26	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	5	.100	.182	.200	.382		2		0	0	0	0		STP · AA
1959	29	NOR	AA	8	5	5		0									.000	.000											NOR · SOUA
2 Yrs				11	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	118	118	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	15	15	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Pos
1954	24	PHA	AL	8	8	-1	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-0	-0.1	.490	.500	-0.1	-0	/1
1955	25	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	/1
2 Seasons				11	8	-1	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%	lgCS%
1954	PHA	AL	24	P	8	1	28.1	6	3	3	1	1.000	1.91	0.75	.958	2.00	1.99	1	0%	48%
1955	KCA	AL	25	P	3	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.50	0.33	.960	1.80	1.97	0
	2 Seasons			P	11	1	30.1	7	3	4	1	1.000	2.08	0.64	.959	1.99	1.98	1	0%	48%
	2 Seasons			TOT	11	1	30.1	7	3	4	1	1.000	2.08	0.64	.959	1.99	1.98	1	0%	48%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
February 19, 1954: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Bill Upton to the Philadelphia Athletics for Dave Philley.
April 16, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Tom Saffell and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tim Thompson.

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